Arizona House Speaker David Gowan recently announced his candidacy for Arizona’s First Congressional District in Phoenix, relying on his record to help elect him to office and make Washington, D.C. “Respect the West.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) lower ozone standard poses a challenge to Arizona based on the state’s unique geography, climate and mixed emissions sources, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) announced Oct. 2 in Phoenix.

In response to shareholder input, U.S.-based natural resources enterprise Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) this week announced internal restructuring and plans for strategic alternatives designed to address market challenges for its oil and gas business, from Phoenix.

Educational technology business Picmonic has completed a fundraising round that yielded $2.3 million, furthering their mission to help students succeed with their unique brand of visual learning tools, the Tempe-based firm revealed yesterday in Phoenix.

U.S. Energy Information Administration officials that are responsible for statistics and analysis recently revealed projections for the near future, based on factors such as diesel fuel, electricity, heating oil and natural gas prices over the past year.

Alleging conflicts of interest, the Phoenix-based Public Integrity Alliance -- formerly the Arizona Public Integrity Alliance -- urged Arizona Corporation Commission Chairwoman Susan Bitter-Smith to resign her positions with Cox Communications and other lobbying groups last month.

Spindle, a unified commerce-services provider, and Pay Cell Systems, which offers e-commerce services for niche markets, agreed to a partnership on Monday whereby Pay Cell will utilize Spindle’s payment-aggregation abilities to optimize operations.

To test-market new large-scale solar installations for Arizona that could potentially be developed as commercial partnerships, Arizona Public Service Company (APS) issued a request for proposals (RFP) late last week from potential development partners.

Industrial Nanotech Inc., an emerging research and solutions provider in the homebuilding industry, yesterday announced the firm’s newest office will open in Phoenix to serve the area with the company’s proprietary wall and roof products.

Sun Orchard, a supplier of juice and beverage products to the food service and mixology industries with a growing product portfolio of natural culinary solutions, announced two key appointments today from its Tempe headquarters.

Citing a pair of longtime board members as “pillars of success” for Mohave State Bank, the firm’s holding company announced yesterday in Lake Havasu City the recent retirement of two key leaders.

Under an agreement with the Arizona Pharmacy Association (APA), MedPro Waste Disposal LLC has become the association’s preferred provider of medical waste disposal, pharmaceutical disposal and OSHA compliance training services, MedPro announced today from Naperville, Illinois, headquarters.

California firm to engineer, procure and construct plant equipment for New Mexico station

Travel and tourism are crucial to the state’s economic success, Stephanie Dowling, the new deputy director for the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT) -- the only statewide marketing agency promoting the Grand Canyon State -- said.

The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild announced that of over 1,500 entrants vying for 275 awards, four Arizona breweries won medals at the Great American Beer Festival Saturday in Denver.

In fairness to customers and to uphold Arizona's leadership in solar power, Arizona Public Service Company (APS) asked the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) late last week to hold “cost of service” hearings, postponing its previously requested grid-access fee increase.

Mortgage lending specialist Bank 34 said it has opened new branches in Arizona and New Mexico and named Jim Lyddon as director of residential lending to oversee the expansion. "This strategic step is consistent with our 80-year history of continually seeking to prudently expand our mortgage financing footprint geographically and competitively,” Bank 34 CEO Jill Gutierrez said.

Metso Corp., a Finnish mining and aggregates industries and flow control firm, launched a Mesa, Arizona office with a grand opening Sept. 18 officiated by Metso's President for Mining and Aggregates Services Perttu Louhiluoto.

Nobilis Health Corp. announced today its intention to jointly own and oversee the former Freedom Pain Hospital located in Scottsdale, Arizona, significantly expanding its presence in the American Southwest.

Scottsdale-based Tombstone Exploration Corp. announced today that as it stakes additional lands in Yuma County, Arizona, the company has appointed geologist Rob McEwen as vice president of exploration in conjunction with its expansion.